Deadly Maui wildfires result in Week 1 Hawaii high school football game cancellations

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With safety being the No. 1 priority on Maui, all opening weekend high school football games have been cancelled. The deadly fires have killed more than 30 people, as of Thursday morning.

Baldwin’s Saturday game against nationally-ranked Edison of Huntington Beach, California has been cancelled. Because of the emergency on the island, the Chargers, who are ranked No. 113 in the High School Football America 300 preseason national rankings, powered by NFL Play Football, have cancelled their 9-day, two game trip.

Related: Edison cancels 2-game trip to Hawaii

Edison was also scheduled to play Lahainaluna, ranked No. 9 in the HSFA Hawaii Top 10 preseason statewide rankings. Lahainaluna’s opener against Hilo has also been cancelled.

Hawaiinewsnow.com is reporting that many Lahainaluna coaches’ homes have been damaged by the devastating fires.

Below are the games that have been cancelled, so far:

  • Edison at Baldwin
  • Honoka’a at King Kekaulike
  • Kamehameha-Maui at Castle
  • Lahainaluna at Hilo
  • Maui at Nanakuli

For the games that will be played, you can follow all of them on our LIVE scoreboard below:

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Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.